Chapter 1

Welcome to Pleasantview

Pleasantview was supposedly the 'perfect' town, considering its name, however what many people don't realize, is the mysteries behind this small and peaceful town.

It was night time, and the houses were idle, the water behaving the same way. Not a single soul was walking in the streets of this hollow town. Or at least, that's what it seemed like.

Lilith Pleasant slowly changed out of her pyjamas and into a short black and red dress with a black belt on the stomach. She struggled with getting her maroon high heels on, and changed her hairstyle into something more unusual than her everyday hair.

As she snuck down the stairs all she could think about was where she was going. "Tonight is going to be the perfect night," she thought, "I'm hoping for a bit more than just drinking and partying."

She passed the kitchen and suddenly, she noticed a shadow. She turned to her left, and it was none other than...

Gordon King.

"What the hell are you doing in my house?!?" Lilith almost screamed, but realized she could of easily awoken her parents.

"Now, now, girly. You just step on out to your club or whatever it is while I steal some of your stuff." He slyly said. She was furious, and she stepped over to him.

"Or else what?" She challenged, while keeping a defensive stance.

"Or else this."He picked a gun up from out of his pocket and pointed it directly towards Lilith, which made her shudder and back away. "Now, will you do as I told, or would you like to die?"

Lilith simply shook with fear, until that is, another figure came out of the dark with an object. The figure hit the object over Gordon's head, automatically knocking him out.

"That'll teach you to mess with my sister, you bitch!"

Angela.

Lilith ran over to Angela and embraced her for saving her.

"Thank you, sis." Lilith thanked, completely out of character.

"Hey, it's no problem. I know we're not the best of friends, but I can't let you die like that." She shrugged.

Footsteps were heard from behind, and they both turned around, the suspect turning out to be Daniel Pleasant.

"Kids, what's with all the rac-!" He stopped mid-sentence, looking over to the unconscious burglar whom had blood spilling out of his head. "What happened?!"

"Some freak tried to steal our stuff," Lilith started, "and I caught him. He threatened to shoot me, and Angela hit him over the head with a baseball bat."

"So, that still doesn't explain why you're all dressed up missy!" A female voice accused from behind Daniel, being no other than Mary-Sue Pleasant, obviously the mother of Angela and Lilith.

"Uh, like you would care where I was going either way, if you weren't the mayor of this dump, you wouldn't give a damn!" Lilith lashed out, as usual, "If it was Angela, she wouldn't be shouted at like me, would she?"

"Well, uh, um, go to your room! Now!" Mary-Sue stuttered from the surprising comeback. Lilith obviously didn't listen, and instead of going upstairs, she ran out of the house, leaving a frustrated Mary-Sue, un-caring Daniel and worried Angela.

Meanwhile, in the more broke part of Pleasantview, there's one house with one of its lights on.

The Broke household.

Dustin Broke was up, watching his poor television which was on low volume. "I wonder when she'll pick me up from this dump..." He thought, trailing off. Suddenly he got a phone call; his mobile phone was on vibrate mode. He walked out of the house, so he didn't wake his little brother up, and answered the phone.

"Hello?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm gonna go into that Pleasant house now."
"Gordon! You can't do that!"
"And why not, sport? Scared that I might hurt your worthless geek of a girlfriend?"
"Shut up, and get away from that house, now!"
"Why don't you make me?"
"Maybe I will."

Dustin hung up, and made sure his family was asleep. After that he ran off to Pleasant household, only to bump into...

"Lilith?"
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing out here?"
"Oh you know, the usual, sneaking out, trying to find you!"
"Is everything ok at home?"
"It's fine, just knocked out a burglar though, you know, the usual."
"What? You mean Gordon?"
"Of course I mean fucking Gordon!"
"Hey, don't be mad at me!"
"But you're the one who sent him!"

Dustin gave up and held his head. This was all going by so fast, why did his night always have to turn out bad? He regained himself and explained.

"Well, he just called me, so I tried to come and save you guys, looks like you saved yourself."
"Well, now that it's over, do you wanna go to the club or not?"
"Yeah, let's go."

So, they went to this 'club' they were going to, but we'll leave what happened there for later.

The next morning, Pleasantview slowly awoke, the fresh smell of egg, bacon, etc came off the houses.

Over at the Goth household however, a sad aura was formed.

Mortimer Goth slowly shifted down the stairs of his old and big manor. He looked around, and noticed how lonely it was, without her, Bella. His beloved wife, whom disappeared a few years ago.

He could smell pancakes and automatically moved to the kitchen, where he saw his daughter, Cassandra, cooking what he could smell.

"Good morning, dear." He greeted, looking over to the pancakes she had already cooked, it looked like she was on her last one. "Where's Alex?"

"He's just in the bathroom brushing his teeth, sit down, these will be ready in a minute or two." She steadily stated, looking out the window, and consuming in the beautiful nature growing outside.

"First day of summer today, I think." Remarked Mortimer, while sitting down, since the kitchen was just next to the dining room.

"Yeah it is, I love the beautiful flowers that have grown over the spring." She answered, placing the last pancake onto a plate. She walked over to Mortimer and placed the plate on the table, then grabbed two more and placed them out for Alex and herself. Then she sat down next to Mortimer.

"So, how are you and Dina doing?" Asked Cassandra, after a mouthful of pancake.

"We're doing fine; I might pop the question soon. Say, aren't you and Don getting married next week?" He intriguingly asked. He hadn't really liked Don much, considering the rumours he had heard about him, but he had to accept his daughter's relationship.

"Yes, we are, I just hope the rumours aren't true."

As she said that, Alex came in looking particularly sad, it was his mother's anniversary today, from when he disappeared. Cassandra and Mortimer must of forgotten, as they didn't show as much sympathy as they usually do.

"What's wrong, Alex?" Mortimer asked, looking over to his son.

"Do you guys not remember anything? It's been 4 years since mother had disappeared, and you forgot!" He furiously replied, digging into his pancake.

"Oh no! I forgot! How could I?" Mortimer felt really guilty and felt sympathy for the child. He knew how he felt; it was like forgetting a birthday, except worse! Cassandra sighed, how could she have forgotten? She got up from her seat after a few minutes and went upstairs.

"I'm going to get changed; I need to go to work."

So she left them, wondering where her mother had gone.

And alas, that is the end of Chapter 1! The next chapter will be about the Calientes, Dreamers, Don and Burbs! I hope you enjoyed. R&R! Also, try not to be too harsh, it's my first fan fiction.